1974–75 European Cup

The 1974–75 season was the 20th season of the European Cup, an annual football tournament for the champion clubs of the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It was won for the second consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Leeds United, the first English side to reach the final since Manchester United won it seven years earlier and only the second in the history of the competition.

1974–75 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1974 – 28 May 1975
Teams30 (29 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland Leeds United
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored174 (3.16 per match)
Attendance1,484,032 (26,982 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eduard Markarov (Ararat Yerevan)
Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
5 goals each

Teams

VÖEST Linz (1st) Anderlecht (1st) Levski-Spartak (1st)
Omonia (1st) Slovan Bratislava (1st) Hvidovre (1st)
Leeds United (1st) HJK (1st) Saint-Étienne (1st)
Magdeburg (1st) Bayern Munich (1st)TH Olympiacos (1st)
Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Keflavík (1st) Cork Celtic (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st) Valletta (1st) Feyenoord (1st)
Coleraine (1st) Viking (1st) Ruch Chorzów (1st)
Sporting CP (1st) Universitatea Craiova (1st) Celtic (1st)
Barcelona (1st) Åtvidaberg (1st) Zürich (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st) Ararat Yerevan (1st) Hajduk Split (1st)

Bracket

1st Round2nd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                  
Hvidovre011
Ruch Chorzów022
Ruch Chorzów224
Fenerbahçe101
Jeunesse Esch202
Fenerbahçe325
Ruch Chorzów303
Saint-Étienne224
Hajduk Split729
Keflavík101
Hajduk Split415
Saint-Étienne156
Saint-Étienne213
Sporting CP011
Saint-Étienne000
Bayern Munich022
Bayern Munich325
Magdeburg213
Bayern Munich202
Ararat Yerevan011
Cork Celtic (w/o)---
Omonia---
Cork Celtic101
Ararat Yerevan257
Viking022
Ararat Yerevan246
Bayern Munich2
Leeds United0
Levski-Spartak011
Újpesti Dózsa347
Újpesti Dózsa101
Leeds United235
Leeds United415
Zürich123
Leeds United314
Anderlecht000
Slovan Bratislava415
Anderlecht (a)235
Anderlecht505
Olympiacos134
Celtic101
Olympiacos123
Leeds United213
Barcelona112
Feyenoord7411
Coleraine011
Feyenoord000
Barcelona033
VÖEST Linz000
Barcelona055
Barcelona235
Åtvidaberg000
Valletta112
HJK044
HJK000
Åtvidaberg314
Universitatea Craiova213
Åtvidaberg134

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hvidovre 1–2 Ruch Chorzów0–01–2
Jeunesse Esch 2–5 Fenerbahçe2–30–2
Hajduk Split 9–1 Keflavík7–12–0
Saint-Étienne 3–1 Sporting CP2–01–1
Viking 2–6 Ararat Yerevan0–22–4
Levski-Spartak 1–7 Újpesti Dózsa0–31–4
Leeds United 5–3 Zürich4–11–2
Slovan Bratislava 5–5 (a) Anderlecht4–21–3
Celtic 1–3 Olympiacos1–10–2
Feyenoord 11–1 Coleraine7–04–1
VÖEST Linz 0–5 Barcelona0–00–5
Valletta 2–4 HJK1–01–4
Universitatea Craiova 3–4 Åtvidaberg2–11–3

Byes: Bayern Munich (West Germany), Magdeburg (GDR), and Cork Celtic (Ireland, drawn against Omonia, who withdrew due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus).

Italian club Lazio was disqualified before the draw.

First leg

Hvidovre 0–0 Ruch Chorzów
Report

Jeunesse Esch 2–3 Fenerbahçe
Mond 56'
Giuliani 76'
ReportArpacıoğlu 22'
Turan 48'
Konca 72'
Attendance: 6,719
Referee: Jacques van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

Hajduk Split 7–1 Keflavík
Žungul 2', 52'
Oblak 32'
Šurjak 57'
Jerković 63'
Buljan 70'
Boljat 83'
ReportJóhannsson 41'
Attendance: 13,005
Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)


Viking 0–2 Ararat Yerevan
ReportMarkarov 51', 81'
Attendance: 10,642

Levski-Spartak 0–3 Újpesti Dózsa
ReportHorváth 28'
Bene 58'
Dunai 76'
Attendance: 29,722
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Leeds United 4–1 FC Zürich
Clarke 15', 42'
Lorimer 25' (pen.)
Jordan 48'
ReportKatić 89'
Attendance: 20,012

Slovan Bratislava 4–2 Anderlecht
Novotný 1'
Masný 32', 44'
Švehlík 63'
ReportCoeck 48'
Van Himst 70'

Celtic 1–1 Olympiacos
Wilson 80'ReportPersidis 16'
Attendance: 36,828
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Feyenoord 7–0 Coleraine
Schoenmaker 23'
Kreuz 27', 82', 86'
Van Hanegem 35', 54'
Ressel 60'
Report
Attendance: 17,483
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

VÖEST Linz 0–0 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Valletta 1–0 HJK
Magro 6'Report
Attendance: 8,612
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Second leg

Ruch Chorzów 2–1 Hvidovre
Bula 34', 63'ReportPedersen 55'
Attendance: 7,744
Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

Ruch Chorzów won 2–1 on aggregate.


Fenerbahçe 2–0 Jeunesse Esch
Turan 31' (pen.)
Şen 69'
Report
Attendance: 29,734
Referee: Constantin Petrea (Romania)

Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.


Keflavík 0–2 Hajduk Split
ReportDžoni 4'
Mijač 52'
Attendance: 7,875
Referee: Theodoris Aspris (Cyprus)

Hajduk Split won 9–1 on aggregate.


Sporting CP 1–1 Saint-Étienne
Yazalde 37'ReportSynaeghel 25'
Attendance: 18,257
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

Saint-Étienne won 3–1 on aggregate.


Ararat Yerevan 4–2 Viking
Markarov 29', 50', 59'
Bondarenko 83'
ReportNilsen 41'
Berland 42'
Attendance: 31,348
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)

Ararat Yerevan won 6–2 on aggregate.


Újpesti Dózsa 4–1 Levski-Spartak
Bene 13', 70'
Dunai 58', 65'
ReportVoynov 19'
Attendance: 8,763
Referee: Gheorghi Bakanidze (Soviet Union)

Újpesti Dózsa won 7–1 on aggregate.


FC Zürich 2–1 Leeds United
Katić 37'
Rutschmann 42' (pen.)
ReportClarke 36'
Attendance: 13,382[1]

Leeds United won 5–3 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 3–1 Slovan Bratislava
Van Himst 10'
Coeck 12'
Thissen 89'
ReportMasný 54'
Attendance: 32,487
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

5–5 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.


Olympiacos 2–0 Celtic
Kritikopoulos 2'
Stavropoulos 24'
Report

Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.


Coleraine 1–4 Feyenoord
Simpson 65'ReportSchoenmaker 27', 44', 66' (pen.)
Kreuz 56'
Attendance: 2,565
Referee: Hannes Sigurðsson (Iceland)

Feyenoord won 11–1 on aggregate.


Barcelona 5–0 VÖEST Linz
Asensi 22'
Clares 30', 33'
Juan Carlos 50'
Rexach 76' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 70,000[2]

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.


HJK 4–1 Valletta
Rahja 8'
Peltoniemi 17'
Hämäläinen 37'
Forssell 81'
ReportGiglio 89'
Attendance: 1,647
Referee: Rolf Arnshed (Sweden)

HJK won 4–2 on aggregate.


Åtvidaberg 3–1 Universitatea Craiova
Andersson 19'
Almqvist 29'
Wallinder 87' (pen.)
ReportBradin 40'
Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Åtvidaberg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

1. FC Magdeburg v. Bayern Munich
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ruch Chorzów 4–1 Fenerbahçe2–12–0
Hajduk Split 5–6 Saint-Étienne4–11–5
Bayern Munich 5–3 Magdeburg3–22–1
Cork Celtic 1–7 Ararat Yerevan1–20–5
Újpesti Dózsa 1–5 Leeds United1–20–3
Anderlecht 5–4 Olympiacos5–10–3
Feyenoord 0–3 Barcelona0–00–3
HJK 0–4 Åtvidaberg0–30–1

First leg

Ruch Chorzów 2–1 Fenerbahçe
Kopicera 46'
Benigier 61'
ReportGülseven 38'

Hajduk Split 4–1 Saint-Étienne
Jerković 29', 65'
Žungul 57'
Mijač 81'
ReportH. Revelli 35'
Attendance: 15,527

Bayern Munich 3–2 Magdeburg
Müller 51' (pen.), 63'
Wunder 69'
ReportHansen 1' (o.g.)
Sparwasser 44'
Attendance: 63,349

Cork Celtic 1–2 Ararat Yerevan
Tambling 90'ReportZanazanyan 25'
Ghazaryan 65'
Attendance: 5,000[3]
Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)


Anderlecht 5–1 Olympiacos
Rensenbrink 23', 33' (pen.), 59' (pen.)
Van der Elst 25'
Ladinsky 70'
ReportViera 28' (pen.)

Feyenoord 0–0 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 58,077

HJK 0–3 Åtvidaberg
ReportAlmqvist 15', 75'
Hasselberg 65'
Attendance: 668
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Second leg

Fenerbahçe 0–2 Ruch Chorzów
ReportKopicera 16'
Benigier 42'
Attendance: 21,018
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Ruch Chorzów won 4–1 on aggregate.


Saint-Étienne 5–1 (a.e.t.) Hajduk Split
Larqué 36'
Bathenay 61'
Bereta 71' (pen.)
Triantafyllos 82', 104'
ReportJovanić 60'
Attendance: 26,418
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)

Saint-Étienne won 6–5 on aggregate.


Magdeburg 1–2 Bayern Munich
Sparwasser 56'ReportMüller 22', 55'

Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.


Ararat Yerevan 5–0 Cork Celtic
Poghosyan 29', 67'
Zanazanyan 54'
Ishtoyan 62'
Andreasyan 74'
Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Gheorge Limona (Romania)

Ararat Yerevan won 7–1 on aggregate.


Leeds United 3–0 Újpesti Dózsa
McQueen 28'
Bremner 46'
Yorath 65'
Report
Attendance: 28,091

Leeds United won 5–1 on aggregate.


Olympiacos 3–0 Anderlecht
Galakos 18', 68', 82'Report
Attendance: 8,290

Anderlecht won 5–4 on aggregate.


Barcelona 3–0 Feyenoord
Rexach 33', 39', 70'Report
Attendance: 39,475
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.


Åtvidaberg 1–0 HJK
Almqvist 90'Report
Attendance: 1,664
Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Åtvidaberg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ruch Chorzów 3–4 Saint-Étienne3–20–2
Bayern Munich 2–1 Ararat Yerevan2–00–1
Leeds United 4–0 Anderlecht3–01–0
Barcelona 5–0 Åtvidaberg2–03–0

First leg


Bayern Munich 2–0 Ararat Yerevan
Hoeneß 78'
Torstensson 83'
Report
Attendance: 65,000[4]
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)


Barcelona 2–0 Åtvidaberg
Marinho 42'
Clares 81'
Report
Attendance: 10,988
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)

Second leg

Saint-Étienne 2–0 Ruch Chorzów
Janvion 3'
H. Revelli 84' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 37,904
Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)

Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate.


Ararat Yerevan 1–0 Bayern Munich
Andreasyan 35'Report
Attendance: 70,400
Referee: Theodorus Boosten (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.


Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.


Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saint-Étienne 0–2 Bayern Munich0–00–2
Leeds United 3–2 Barcelona2–11–1

First leg


Leeds United 2–1 Barcelona
Bremner 9'
Clarke 78'
ReportAsensi 66'
Attendance: 50,393
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Second leg

Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.


Barcelona 1–1 Leeds United
Clares 69'ReportLorimer 7'
Attendance: 100,000[5]

Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1974–75 European Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Eduard Markarov Ararat Yerevan5
Gerd Müller Bayern Munich5
3 Reine Almqvist Åtvidaberg4
Manuel Clares Barcelona4
Allan Clarke Leeds United4
Wilhelm Kreuz Feyenoord4
Peter Lorimer Leeds United4
Carles Rexach Barcelona4
Lex Schoenmaker Feyenoord4

References